From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 8 04:35:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA02598 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 03:22:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [192.216.222.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA02520 for ; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 03:22:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns.okbmei.msk.su (ns.okbmei.msk.su [194.190.170.40]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id XAA21981 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 23:09:09 -0800 Received: from kiae.UUCP by ns.okbmei.msk.su with UUCP id AA03237 (5.67c8/IDA-1.5); Fri, 8 Mar 1996 09:46:44 +0300 Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by sequent.kiae.su with SMTP id AA10416 (5.65.kiae-2 for ); Fri, 8 Mar 1996 09:39:51 +0300 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA01635 Thu, 7 Mar 1996 18:59:43 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA01559 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 18:59:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns.okbmei.msk.su (ns.okbmei.msk.su [194.190.170.40]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA01552 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 18:59:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from kiae.UUCP by ns.okbmei.msk.su with UUCP id AA01430 (5.67c8/IDA-1.5); Fri, 8 Mar 1996 05:42:59 +0300 Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by sequent.kiae.su with SMTP id AA25933 (5.65.kiae-2 for ); Fri, 8 Mar 1996 05:17:07 +0300 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA21645 Thu, 7 Mar 1996 14:27:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA20896 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 14:23:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns.okbmei.msk.su (ns.okbmei.msk.su [194.190.170.40]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA20863 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 14:23:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from kiae.UUCP by ns.okbmei.msk.su with UUCP id AA28958 (5.67c8/IDA-1.5); Fri, 8 Mar 1996 01:11:32 +0300 Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by sequent.kiae.su with SMTP id AA08490 (5.65.kiae-2 for ); Fri, 8 Mar 1996 00:55:02 +0300 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA05953 Thu, 7 Mar 1996 12:29:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA05751 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 12:26:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from twolf3.ee.washington.edu (twolf3.ee.washington.edu [128.95.31.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA05732 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 12:25:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by twolf3.ee.washington.edu (5.65v3.2/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA14280; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 12:21:46 -0800 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 12:21:45 -0800 (PST) From: Le-Chin Eugene Liu To: Jesper Hagen Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Urgent problem with ATI Graphics Expression. In-Reply-To: <199603071252.NAA00296@helium.iesd.auc.dk> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Charset: KOI8-R X-Char-Esc: 29 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Please take a look at the latest faq --- section 7.7, 7.8, and 7.9.(The latest faq seems to be available only on WWW.) By the way, will FreeBSD solve this problem in the future? I mean, disable sio3 and 2e8 is not touched, so we don't have to re-compile the kernel? Eugene On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Jesper Hagen wrote: > > Hello. > > A year ago we invested in a number of ATI Graphics Expression PCI 2 MB > DRAM, which ran flawlessly under FreeBSD and XFree 3.1.2. > > Half a year ago we ordered a new bunch of these cards because of the > high stability, and discovered to our suprise, that the could no > longer do HIGH color nor 1280x1024 under XFree 3.1.2. Well not a > serious problem... > > Right now we have just received a new bunch of the cards which simply > blanks the screen at the moment when the FreeBSD kernel has been > loaded and starts probing for devices. This screen remains blank until > the machine reboots. In other words, not even TEXT MODE is possible > under FreeBSD with this new shipment. > > Has anyone experienced these problems and come up with possible > solutions? > > I would appreciate quick responses, since we are getting seriously > close to the point of no refund... > > The card that blanks, is the 1995 edition. The Mach64 Chip is made in > Taiwan and bears the following text: > > "MACH64 215CT22200 > \mu PD96137GD-401-LML > 9547KC568" > > The VIDEOBIOS is fram 1995. > > Yours sincerely, > -- > Jesper Hagen > > Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. > Aalborg University, Denmark. >